Blair Scorgie is a Toronto-based Registered Professional Planner and Urban Designer. He is the Managing Principal of Scorgie Planning, and a Sessional Lecturer at Toronto Metropolitan University.

Why did federal planners delay a decision on the White House ballroom proposal after hours of testimony—and what engineering details are emerging from the project filings?

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Approval for President Donald Trump’s massive East Wing ballroom project – from a government commission that oversees planning for federal buildings and land in the nation’s capital – ...

The national housing-affordability crisis has now spawned a movement to restore a middle scale of development.

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Progressive lawmakers Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., and Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., are targeting the billionaire class with a ...

Just as Valley residents start bracing for another blistering summer, Salt River Project’s publicly elected Board of ...

Old Town is changing again. A four-story housing project is proposed for East Mountain, while the Armory expansion next door is already under construction. Is this the right direction for the Downtown ...

Plugging the Oregon Department of Transportation’s budget crisis will mean redirecting funds from Safe Routes to School, ...